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Peripheral blood smear from a patient infected with
Plasmodium falciparum
showing a schizont
Peripheral blood smear from a patient infected with
Plasmodium falciparum
showing a schizont
Schizonts contain 8 to 28 merozoites. This is a rare finding on the peripheral blood smear, only found in severe cases of malaria.
Courtesy of Robert A Brodsky, MD.
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